Google announced Custom URL On Google+ And May be Charge fee for it

Before few days Google Started Releasing Custom URL's (Vanity) For Many Business Pages En-masse on the side of all the exciting update announcements. From what I've seen they're releasing more of them to Pages first & Profiles are said to be on the way. But if you read the terms of service, Google says for now these URLs are free, but Google may charge for them in the future. If you read the terms or service. You can read what Google is saying…

Replace Threaded Comments with Google Plus comments in blogger blog

You might be familiar with the latest commenting system has introduced that integrates Google plus Comments itself with blogger blogs. This commenting system has some nice features and its even look more better that default blogger commenting system and it supports threaded comments. but more that hundred people still have problems implementing it on custom templates. in this tutorial we going to learn how enable Google plus comments and how to apply on custom blogger template and use this new improved commenting system on blogger blog.

The good thing is that these commenting system supports threaded comments. i know we all like to see threaded comments installed on our blogger blogs, am i right?

 

Before telling you how to activate threaded comments on Google plus comments on blogger blog, i am going to tell you how to activate Google plus comments on blogger blog. you can enable in four easy simple steps. Before enabling your blog must have linked to Google plus account.

 

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard>> and then click on Google+ button on the left side menu.

 

2. click on the get stared button the top left side to connect your account.

 

3. complete the simple steps with Google instructions to connect your blog to Google Account.

 

4. One you have done linked your blog with your Google plus account. your will see an option Use Google Plus comments on this blog. you can enable by checking this button.

 

This does not work for custom templates at the time of publishing this post, that is why we need to apply some codes to make it works.

 

How to enable Google plus Comments on custom blogger template

You can enable Google plus comments on custom blogger template by taking two easy steps.

 

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard>> Template>> Edit HTML>> and then just click on Revert Widget Templates To Default Button at the top right corner of Template HTML Editor. Also See Screen Shoot Below.

Note:- Before Editing Your Template you must always remember to backup your template in-case of any mistake.

 

I am sure this two simple steps definitely solve the problem and you will see the Google Plus Threaded Commenting system on the comments area, though most times you may lost your customization on the reverted section which may include something like, Auto Read More. But if you can afford to loose your customizations, you can use the second Method For solve that problem.

 

2. Go to Template HTML Editor and Press CTRL+F and search for the Following code. like Below.

<b:if cond='data:post.showThreadedComments'>

<b:include data='post' name='threaded_comments'/>

<b:else/>

<b:include data='post' name='comments'/>

</b:if>

  

  


<b:if cond='data:post.showThreadedComments'>

<b:include data='post' name='threaded_comments'/>

<b:else/>

<b:include data='post' name='comments'/>

</b:if>

and Replace these two code section  with following code & you are done…!!! exact code look like this you just need to replace blue code.

Replace Blue Code with the below code.

<b:include data='post' name='comment_picker'/>

If this Tutorial is a little bit useful for your by commenting so then share it with your friends and your public profile. if still have a problem feel free to post your queries in the comments box below. Thanks for reading our post.

Disadvantage of enabling google plus comments system

Blogger Team are recently introduced Google plus comments system that is compatible with the default blogger template as well as with custom blogger template either free or paid. lots of people gone ahead and implemented it on blogger blog. This is a biggest improvement in blogger over the last 1 year. Especially for bloggers who can track the conversation more easily. At the same place, readers can contribute right from google plus, without needing to open the blog. But here is a some disadvantage of using google plus comments system. These might manifest themselves later on, if not immediately.

 

Some disadvantage of enabling google plus comments system

One of the major problem with Google + commenting system is that, people not having a Google Plus profile or account will not be able to post a comment. If they do so, they will be prompted to sign up for a Google Plus account. In a rare case people would sign up, rest would pass by. Finally you lose a comment. Recent Comments widget that basically pumps out feeds from blogger comments won't be working on Google + commenting system. Custom blogger templates will have to be edited manually for this widget to work. Default blogger templates will get the widget by default after enabling Google + Commenting from the blogger dashboard. Currently this feature has been rolled out for blogger platform only. Rest all the platforms like Word press, Tumbler has keen kept deprived off for the time being. If you change your blog URL to a custom domain, you will lose all your Google + comments.

A slightest change in the url will make you lose all the comments you have received after you integrated this feature with your blog. Another big disadvantage is the increase in Page Load Speed. It takes some time before all the data is fetched from Google. Usually, this isn't noticeable, but try loading your blog on a slow dial-up connection, and you will see those comments appear much later.

 

All in all, it's a pretty good Improvement, but Google really needs to spend some more time with it. If you have problems, or have suggestions, please feel free to comment in the section below. Thanks for reading our posts. Cheers happy blogging.